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The format of the calendar was again different. This time it featured a cardboard cover featuring the actual calendar. It was about the size of on old vinyl record album cover - if anyone remembers those.

Inside were similarly sized, double-sided photo spreads for each member, as well as a sheet of stickers. All are included in these scans.

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And maybe I've been dragging my feet because with these issues we reach the end of an era.

These are the final issues of Duet, Potato and WinkUp that feature NEWS as a regular group. In that particular Japanese euphemism they have 'graduated' from these magazines as a group. As a mark of that Duet has a final manga, Potato gave them a cover and poster, and WinkUp had a poster.

So unless something truly extraordinary happens these will be my last scans of these magazines.

This set of photos managed to get mislaid to the point where I had convinced myself that I didn't even get around to buying them. But they did resurface and it's such a memorable moment that they need to be shared.

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I'm still trying to get caught up on the backlog of magazines that I have on hand as time allows. This year has presented a few personal challenges, however, I will get them all scanned, as well as tour goods and photos over the coming weeks.

And finally, here are the March issues of Duet, Potato and WinkUp, which feature a poster in Duet.